Mohave County miner., 1887-02-19
sroCKros HILL. LErrEn.
Onr Correspondcnt Tells What IL
Being DoDe in the Mlnrs.

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Editor MorAyg MIxER -
For month past mining business haa
been at standstill as far as the ship
inents Of ore are concerned, although The
q. o. ID. has sent down to the Sanpling
Works at Kingman q ccuple Of carloads
Of ore sorted ont from the proceeds Of
the mine in December.
But II must not tc. Inferred from this
that the mines are gisipg out, Or that the
ore bodies have disappeared, but, on the
contrary, il should be made. public that
our two prominent mines, the G.. o.. ID.
and the Cupcl, have both been puttiiig IN
new hosting machinery, and making
other improvements necessary to the safe
and economical wcrains Of The mines. In
addition 70 the erection Of hoisting works,
the owners Of the q. o. ID. mine have just
finished the building of Il road from Wal
lapai Valley direct 10 the mine, which
has been done at considerable cost,
some say rs much az foiir or five thous-
and dollars. This may seem a larse SUN
OF money to spend on y road only two
miles long, but the fact that the proprie-
tors Of the mine effect a saving Of three
dollars per ton, heretofore paid for pack
ing ore 10 the valley, will show the wis
dom Of the undertaking.
The G. o. u. mine, being situated on
the side Of a steep hill, considerable grad.
ing was necessary bciorc the hosting
machinery coald be pat up. This, and
many. other reasons, will fully account for
The nol-prodaction Of ore las. month.
Steam was gotten up last week and the
work Of sinking the main shaft, already
down 2i5 feet, continued, and ii isrcport-
ed by those working in the shaft that the
ore body improves with every foot. This
is fully borne ont by ths amount OF ore
coming TO the surface. The development
in this mine for one weeks sinking may
be estimated from the simple statement
that the ore body, which was about two
feet wide at The 2o0-foot level isnow three
icct3at the bottom Of the shalt, aud still
improves in width.
On toe cupel mine the hoisting WORKS,
which are q duplicate oi those on the G..
%. d., have been put in position and are
now working TO perfection. Steam was
gotten up last week, and tie work Of sink
ing the Matt Carr shafs below the water
level commenced. In q very few feet a
vein Of rich ore was struck, o! quantity
and grade sufficient TO satisfy any one.
After passing some thirty feet Of barren
matter at the water level, vein OF ruby
and native silver orc, some two feet wide,
was struck which assays, from three ton
sample, nearly -four hundred dollars per
ton, and as depth is attained the ore
seems to improve, s,'ihat competent ex.
perts estimate the ore taken out in the
past two or three days TO be fully worth
Thousand dollars per ton. To stand, as
your correspondent has done, at the
mouth Of the shaft and look at this ore
being boisted up by the bueketfui, is like
seeing the silver dollars coined out at the
mint.
The two mines mentioned are tho first
of the Aiotaye county raines 10 prospect
below The water level in proper and busi-
ness-liks shape. That eaeh Of them, In
one months work, out Of thc sinking Of
shaft a.onc, win make money enough
over and above the ordinary running w |
penses oi the mine, to pay the cost Of the
hoisting machinery is the best argument
yotr correspondent can advance 10. prove
the fact that the mineral wealth OF Mo-
have counfy's mines lies below the water |
level. He has advocated this for years,
and has probably invested as much mon
ey as any one in the coaaty in trying to
demonstrate the fact. That such il the
fact, proven now beyond all controversy, |
no one need doubt who win take pains TO |
visit the &. o. ID. or Cupel mines al |
Stockton. To Messrs. Howell and Dana, |
OF the G. 0. d. nine, an1 Messrs. spru-
ance, Stanley & Co., the owners, and
john X. Mackenzie, the lessee Of the Gu
pei mine, the credit is due Of demonstrat-
ing the fact rhat..the ore bodies Of the mines !
Of Mohave county extend and improve
under the water level and no one rejoices
in the settlement oftliis heretofore disPu.-
ed fact more than w. III. HARDY.